Rush: a thoroughly magnificent film on every level, with astonishing performances by Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Brühl in the leads; one of the very best films of 2013 [my review] [at Amazon Instant Video]

About Time: it’s accidentally creepy where it wants to be charming and romantic, but the secondary cast is fun to spend time with; Bill Nighy and Tom Hollander steal the film [my review] [at Amazon Instant Video]

Escape Plan: nothing here is as clever as it is desperately trying to be, but Stallone and Schwarzenegger are game to give us a good time [my review] [at Amazon Instant Video]

The Square: history firsthand, in progress, and unfinished; an invaluable record of revolutionary spirit, and of the lengths to which a threatened leadership will go to preserve itself [my review] [at Netflix]

new to stream

The Act of Killing: extraordinary documentary about men who commit the worst of crimes; difficult to watch, impossible to look away from [at Netflix]

classic science fiction

The Day the Earth Stood Still: the 1951 original, and still a potent parable about humanity’s propensity for violence in the face of the unknown [at Netflix]

Journey to the Center of the Earth: James Mason and Pat Boone take a tour below the Earth’s crust; from 1959 [at Netflix]